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Cystic fibrosis: features
Cystic fibrosis: features
Presenting features- neonatal period (around 20%): meconium ileus, less commonly prolonged jaundice
- recurrent chest infections (40%)
- malabsorption (30%): steatorrhoea, failure to thrive
- other features (10%): liver disease
Whilst many patients are picked up during newborn screening programmes or early childhood, it is worth remembering that around 5% of patients are diagnosed after the age of 18 years.
Other features of cystic fibrosis
- short stature
- diabetes mellitus
- delayed puberty
- rectal prolapse (due to bulky stools)
- nasal polyps
- male infertility, female subfertility
Pathophysiology of cystic fibrosis
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Presenting features
- neonatal period (around 20%): meconium ileus, less commonly prolonged jaundice
- recurrent chest infections (40%)
- malabsorption (30%): steatorrhoea, failure to thrive
- other features (10%): liver disease
Whilst many patients are picked up during newborn screening programmes or early childhood, it is worth remembering that around 5% of patients are diagnosed after the age of 18 years.
Other features of cystic fibrosis- short stature
- diabetes mellitus
- delayed puberty
- rectal prolapse (due to bulky stools)
- nasal polyps
- male infertility, female subfertility
